Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by noahl » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:23 PM UTC

Re: Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by tomdec » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:30 PM UTC

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s content, the foundation of our application ecosystem will remain our only Linux offering. Whereas, some of the delivery mechanisms pioneered by Container Linux will be reviewed by a joint integration team and reconciled with Atomic."

So long, Container Linux, we hardly knew ye... ?

Re: Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by fredland » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:32 PM UTC

Long live the Farm!

Re: Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:33 PM UTC

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Re: Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by wyldfire » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:33 PM UTC

It seems like early 2018 is rife with acquisitions and mergers. Was the recent tax law a factor? Seems like these acquisitions take so much time that it couldn't have been dependent on that. So why all this activity?

Re: Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by gtirloni » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:35 PM UTC

This makes sense. Red Hat has been investing in Project Atomic for a while now and CoreOS still seems like a better option, if you're looking for a container-only OS that has been battle tested.

Additionally, both companies seem like good places to work, with leadership that's often praised and has the results to show. I'm happy for CoreOS on this one, they're joining a company that I admire.

Looking forward to see how this will impact RHEL8.

Re: Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by syvanen » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:35 PM UTC

Blog post from Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/coreos-bet

Red Hat FAQ: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/faq-red-hat-acquire-coreos

CoreOS Blog post: https://coreos.com/blog/coreos-agrees-to-join-red-hat/

(Added FAQ and CoreOS links)

Re: Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by nikanj » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:44 PM UTC

wyldfire wrote: post #5

It seems like early 2018 is rife with acquisitions and mergers. Was the recent tax law a factor? Seems like these acquisitions take so much time that it couldn't have been dependent on that. So why all this activity?

New financial year, fresh budgets

Re: Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by micah_chatt » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:45 PM UTC

tomdec wrote: post #2

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s content, the foundation of our application ecosystem will remain our only Linux offering. Whereas, some of the delivery mechanisms pioneered by Container Linux will be reviewed by a joint integration team and reconciled with Atomic." So long, Container Linux, we hardly knew ye... ?

What is the source? I didn't see that in the linked article.

Re: Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS

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Post by andrewbinstock » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 9:45 PM UTC

wyldfire wrote: post #5

It seems like early 2018 is rife with acquisitions and mergers. Was the recent tax law a factor? Seems like these acquisitions take so much time that it couldn't have been dependent on that. So why all this activity?

Huge changes in computing and technology, driven by the cloud in good part: big data, AI and machine learning, chatbots, and containers, microservices, etc. The major players all want a part of these so are acquiring innovators in each of these spaces.

It's a great time to be a developer!